Magazine-firearm



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G. P. HASTINGS. MAGAZINE FIREARM.

N0. 576,964. Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

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G. P, HASTINGS MAGAZINE FIREARM.

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G. P. HASTINGS. MAGAZINE FIREARM.

Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES GARDNER P. HASTINGS,

PATENT ()FFICE.

OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

MAGAZINE-FIREARM.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 576,964, dated February 9, 1897. Appn'cafion m January 16, 1896. strain. 575,719. (NomodelJ To all whom it nmi concern.-

Be it known that I, GARDNER P. HASTINGS, of Springfield, in the county of .Greene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrips non.

My invention relates especially to an improvement in repeating or magazine firearms; IO and the object of the invention is to so construct the arm that it will be simple, durable, and economic inits construction and which shall be capable of being used in a convenient and rapid mannerf A further object of the invention is to provide in a magazine-arm a mechanism by means of which the empty shell will be extracted by the loaded shell that is to be next placed in the cartridge-chamber and to pro vide an extractor operated from the breechblock that will be effective and sure in its action.-

A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby a better bearing of the slide action upon the hammer will be obtained than heretofore for cocking the said hammer, and, furthermore, to construct the firing-pin in two sections, one of which is located in the breech-block and'is adapted to strike the shell, the other section, which is adapted to receive the impact of the hammer, being placed in a recoil locking-block occupying such position during the extracting of a shell and the loading of the cartridge-chamber as to carry the breech-section of the firing-pin entirely outof the path of the hammer, the breech-section of the firing-pin being brought into concerted action only with the other seotion when the cartridge is fully within the cartridge-chamber andall parts are in position for firing A further object of the invention is to pro vide a magazine which may be expeditiously and conveniently secured to or detached from c the gun, and one which may be loaded when the parts of the gun are in firing position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

gun. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on an enlarged scale through a portion of the stock and frame and likewise through a portion of the magazine and barrel of the arm, the said section being taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4 and the parts of the gun being shown in firing position. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, except that the parts are in the position they occupy when the gun has been fired and a cartridge is in position to be introduced into the cartridge-chamber. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. ,2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially on the line 6 (l of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail plan View of the forward end of the breech-block, illustrating the application thereto of a clamping device adapted to act in conjunction with the extractor. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 8 8 of Fig. .4. Fig. 9 is a section taken substantially on the same plane, the hammer, the firing-pin, and the breech-block having been removed. Fig. l0is a bottomplan View of the carrier adapted to carithe loaded shells from the magazine to the cartridge-chamber. Fig. 11 is a rear end view of the said carrier. Fig. 12 is a detail view illustrating the manner in which the outer end of the magazine is attached to the barrel; and Fig. 13 is a sectional View, on the line l3 13 of Fig. 3, of the spacing-block adapted to be placed between the barrel and the magazine.

In thedrawings, A indicates the frame, to one end of which is secured in any way-the stock B, and 0 indicates the barrel, which, with the magazine D, is secured to the other end of the frame, said barrel and magazine having their ends open to the interior of the frame and the barrel 0 being arranged above the magazine in the usual way.

In the magazine D is arranged a follower l0, actuated by a spring 10 and arranged to force the cartridges in the magazine toward the frame A, and said follower is made to fit snugly into the magazine, its rear end forming a shoulder 11, adapted to engage an olfset or orofection 12,-wm1uestist the'cnd of l l l I the magazine next' toth'e frame,'-'so that the follower will be held in the magazine when the latter is detached from the frame. To

holdthe magazine in place, its end is slotted,

as shown in:Figs. '2 and 3, to receive a pin or stud 14 at oneside of the socket in the frame wherein the end of themagazine fits.

The forward end of the magazine is so at-.

tached to the firing-barrel that the magazine 1 maybe quickly attached to or detached from the barrel. This is. preferably accomplished shown "in Figs.v 1 and 12, in which a bolt is passed through the magazine, being held tot'urn loosely therein; and the upper end of this bolt is threaded andv isadapt-ed to en-.

'ter a socket 16, formed upon the under face of the barrel and correspondinglythreaded.

The screw 15 has limited endwise movement in the magazine, and is'held in position by forming an annular longitudinal groove 16 at or near the center of the screw, to. be engage-d bya set-screw or pin 18, passed through the cap 17 of the said magazine. Atthe lower end of the. attaching-screw 15 a handle 19 is formed, extending at an angle to the body of the screw and provided with a head which,-

When the, screw is fully seated within the g socket of thebarrel, may be sprungintoa recess or depression 20 in the bottom portion of v the magazine.

.The frame A is provided with a chamber E, extending vertically through the front portion of the frame. The top portionof this chamberis normally closed by a slide 21,

moving in guides 21*, formed on the upper side portions of the frame near the rear end *of the open top. of the'chambeig-as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and said slideis actuated byt-he.

breech-block, as will be hereinafter set forth. A bottom 22 is providedfor the lower portion .of the chamber E, and the aforesaid bottom 7 has side flanges 23 and its upperface is preferably concaved. Therear end of the bot: tom plate .22 is fulcrumed upon a pivot or stud 2i, contained in the lower portion of the aforesaid casing-chamber; but the forward end of the said bottom plate is free to move the inner side of aspring-latch 28, which ex upward and is preferably provided with a transverse rib at the said end, having a concaved upper surface, and the saidsurface is preferably rounded off;

At the right-hand side of. the forward end of the bottom plate 22 an upright cam-face 26 is formed, as shown in Fig. 5, and this camface upon the upward movementof the bottom plate engages a shoulder 2?,formed upon tends longitudinally within a sl0t'29, made horizontally in the frame, the rear end of the spring being secured to the outer face of the frame, as is also shown in Fig. 5. The springlatch is provided with a head 30, which in the normal position of the latch will extend over the inner end of the magazine asufficient distance to engage with the rim of the inner most cartridge 31 in the said magazine, preventing the cartridge from escaping.

"When an extraction 'of an empty cartridge is to be made, the bottom 22 is inclined or carried upward. at its forward end, as shown in Fig. 3, its-movement in this direction bethe front lower edge of the said bottom plate,

which'en gage with the cartridge and serve as stops therefor when released from the-said spring-latch 28, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

. A transverse partition 33 is located in the chamber E at its central lower portion and, I

preferably in advance of. the pivot of the bot tom plate, the pivot-point of which plate is.

ordinarily near the triggerguard 34. The hammer 35 maybe carried to a cooked posh tion by means of an. attached trigger 36 and is released by means of a firing-trigger 37,

and the-hammer, together with the two triggers 36and ,37, maybe of anydesired. con-- strnction, the hammer being controlled in its firing movement by thensual mainspningSS,

placed under tension when the hammer is its cocked position.

The hammer is provided with an arm 39 at the outer side of itshea'd, as shown in Fig.4,

and the forward end of this arm enters a lonr gitudinal groove 40, produced in the inner face of the frame, a-corresponding and parallel groove 40 being likewise made in the opposite side of the frame, asis also shown in Fig. 4c. The hammer is primarily placed in cocked position by the slide action'F, which 7 consists of the sleeve 41 having sliding movement on the magazine and provided with arms at-cach side, (designated, respectively, as 42 and 4:2 and these arms are carried upward 1 from the said sleeve and thence rearward to I the frame,-the arm 42 entering the groove 40 and the arm 42 the groove iO in said frame,

and in order that such an entrancemay be: made openings 43 are made in the sides of" the frame lcading'into the grooves 40 and 40, the said grooves being closed after the arms of the sleeves all are in position in the grooves by means of plates ii, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. The rear end of theleft-hand sliding arm 42 is provided with a downwardly and forwardly beveled surface 45 and a socket or recess 45 above the said beveled surface,

(see Fig. 8,)an-d when the-\sliding sleeve has been carried .backward ;fto its full extent to effect the extraction of the emptyjshell and to bring the charged shell in position to enter the barrel the recess 45 will have re; ceived the projection 39 from t-hehammer 35 and will have carried the said'hammer back mecca to its fulLcocked or firing position. It will be observed that under this construction'the bearing of the slide action on the hammer is positive and broad.

The firing-pin is made in two parts or sections, an exploding-section G to engage the primer of the cartridge and an actuating part or section G alined with the section G and actuated by the hammer. The exploding-section G is carried by a breech-block H,

mounted for. movement longitudinallyin the. frame with the section G, alined with the axis of the barrel, while the section G of the firing-pin is carried in a recoil locking-block- .H', arranged to move transversely to the path of the breech-block. The locking-block H serves, when the arm is'cocked, to lock the breech block in place and hold the same against movement under the recoil of the dis charge. A The breech-block H comprises a body portion 46, having pins 47 at opposite sides, en-

gaging slots 48. formed longitudinally in thearms 42 and 42 of the slide action, and provided at its lower and upper parts with rearwardly-exte'nding arms or bars 49 and 50, the lower arm 49 sliding on the top of the partition 33. The arms or bars 49 and 50 are connected at their rear ends by a tie-block 51, forming the back of the breech-block.

At the rear end of the breech-block an opening 52 is made, and at the forward central portion of the breech-block an opening 53 is produced. The exploding-section of the firingpin has free movement in both of these openings, but is provided with a head 54, or is otherwise enlarged where it passes through the rear of the breech-block and the said explodingsection of the firing-pin is'encircled by a spring 55, having bearing against the shoulder formed by the head 54 and againstthe body portion of theoreech-block, so. that when the firing-pin is struck from the rear and forced out beyond the front face of the breech-block into contact with the primer of a cartridge .the spring 55 will be placed under tension and will act to return the said sect-ion of the firing-pin to its normal position.

The breech-block is preferably provided with a plate 56, secured to its top portion and adapted to strengthen the same, and the said plate is-carried rearward a predetermined distance beyond .the breech-blockj but if in practice it is found desirable the rear extension may be an integral portion of the breechblock. This rear extension, and, in fact, the major portion of the breech-block, is adapted to pass beneath a stirrup K, which is firmly secured within the frame at the rear of the partition 33, extending from the top. of the frame downward and comprising a top bar 66, two side bars 67, and a bottom bar 68. A slot 56 is made in the frame at the upper portion thereof near the stock and is adapted to receive the upper portion of the breechblock and its' rear extension when. the breechblock'is carried back to admit of the extractionof ashell; and the slot 56" is normally covered by a spring cap or cover 56", which is secured to the top of the stirrup at one of its ends,- being free at the other, so that when the breech-block is carried back the spring-cap will be pressed upward, as shown in Fig. 3.

An extractor 58 is located at the bottom of the breech-block andcomprises a spring-v shank secured at one of its ends to the breechblock and a hook-like head 59, which projects beyond the front of the breech-block in position to enter a recess 60 in the bottom of thebarrel. and arranged to engage behind'therim of the cartridge, as illustrated in Fig; 2.} In' order to hold the cartridge-shell from] slipping out of engagement with the ex' tractor-hook 59 on the breechblock in the.

rearward movement of the latter,-I provide a clamp, as shown best in Figs.- 2 and 7. A

.slot 61 ismade in the upper portion of the body portion of the breech-block, and in this slot a lever. 62 is fulcrumed at its center, being provided with-a head 63 at its outer end to engage with an offset 64 at i the front end of the'frame, and thereby force the head 65,

over the cartridge to a clamping engagement therewith, so that the cartridge is held to the breech-block between the clamp and the extractor, and when the breech-block has been moved to its full rear position the head 63 of the clamp, by engagement with the upper bar of the stirrup K, will cause thejclampinghead 65 of the lever to he removed from engagement with the cartridgemim, thereby permittin'g the cartridge to be thrown [upward and out of the chamber E by the ascending filled cartridge, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The slide 21 is attached to the breech-block I by means of a screw 57 or its equivalent, and

consequently theforward portion of the chamber E will be fully open at the top when the breech-block is in its retracted position.

at the opposite end of the lever,- forward and I The locking-block H, carrying the-actuatingsection G of the firing-pin, consists of a head 69, adapted to have movement between the rear end of the breech-block H and the forward face of the stirrup K, and likewise between .the stirrup. and the back face of the partition 33 and a sleeve 7 O, which extends rearwardly and has guided movement be- I which latter is slotted longitudinally in its under side to permit the passage through it of a depending lug '73 on the section G of the firing-pin, which lug engages and plays in the opening in the yoke and forms a stop to'guide and limit the movement of said section. The rear end of-the section G of the firingpin is provided with a lateral arm 72, arranged in. the plane of the hammer 35 and adapted to be engaged by the same when the trigger is operated.

- Arms '74 are projected from the topof the sleeve 70 over the actuatingsection of the firing-pin, and one end of a controlling-arm 7,5 is .passed downward and forward between these upper arms 74 to an engagement with the inner face of the sleeve above the firingin ,Fig. 2.

bearing againstthe under face of the conpin section, as shown in both Figs. 2 and 9, and the rear end of this controlling-arm is pivotedto the lug 7 6 on the inner face of the upper tang of the frame, as is best shown The head77-of a spring 78 has trolling-arm, and this spring is suitably secured at its rear end in the rear portion of the frame.

of thepa-th of the breech-block H by the ac fulcrnmed, as showninEig. 6, on a pin.-8l in the frame below the left-hand slidew-ay 10.

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The locking-block 'iscar'ried dbwnward out The lever .79 lies adjacent to the inner face of the aforesaid arm 42, and as the slide is pushed rearward to retract the breech-block before the arms commence to act on the breech-block by reason of the length of the slots 48 the inclined surface of the inner end of the-arm 42 will ride upon a pin '80 on the lever 79 and will press this lever downward, causing it to press the locking-block down against the tension of the spring 78.

The further rearward movement of the arms 42 and 42 will move the breech-block H to its full rear position to admit of the ejection of the cartridge-shell, also permitting the loaded cartridge to be lifted into the path of the breech-block to he carried into the barrel at the return of the breech-block.

As heretofore stated, when the arms 42 and 42* are pushed far enough rearward to retract the breech-block the arm 42 will carry the hammer to afnll-cocked position, and since at this time the locking-block is removed from the path ofthe hammer, even should the hammer be sprung, the exploding+section of the firing-pin would not be actuated. By

' providing the head 72 for the actuating-section of the firing-pin a much broader surface is obtained to be acted upon by the strikingface of the'hammer.

through the slot formed in the right-hand I The cartridges are received from the mega zine ina carrier L, located in the chamber E, over the pivoted bottom plate 22 of the same.

The carrier is connected with an angular actuating-lever 82, and the said lever passes other.

the same is carried forwardto place the loaded 5 shell inposition in the barrel. The carrier L, which is shown .in detail in Figs. 10 and 11, in side elevation in Fig. 8, in section-in Fig. 2, and in plan View in Fig. 5, comprises jaws 84 and 85, said jaws being pivotally connected and arranged to clamp I ,I

and hold the cartridge while the same is being lifted into the path of the breech-block. The jaw 85 comprises an upwardly-curved member a and a lower base portion or mem- '85 her a, said members being integral with each The member a of the jaw 85 is recessed at one side to permit the jaw 84, which is pivoted to said member opposite said recess, to play therethrongh and engage the cartridge. Aspring88 issecured at its,lower .end under the jaw Sifand has itsfree end bent up and arranged to engage the member a. of the jaw 85 so as to hold the jaws pressed on the cartridge, and to limit the movement of the jaws on each other I provide the jaw 84 with a projecting stop 89, engaging the under side of the base portion 01,"- of the jaw-- 85, as shown in Fig. 10. p The base portion a of the jaw 85 .is arranged adjacent. to the magazine and is adapted to receive the cartridge when forced therefrom, for which purpose its forward edge is curved or bent downwardly to form a lip 90, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The np'waiidly-extendingportion of the jaw 84: is provided near its forward edge with a vertical slot 91, and near its rear edge the said jaw 84: is pivoted to the lever 82 by means of a screw 92 orits equivalent, and a second .I to screw 93 is passed through the slot 91 of the jaw 84 and into the aforesaid lever 82, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

A. connection is made between the carrier and the pivoted bottom plate .22 of the chamber E by means of a link 94, which is pivoted to the right-hand flange of the said plate, and receives a stud or projection 87, formed on the jaw 85 of the carrier.

. On the lower portion of the partition 33 is t 2o .above the pointed end of the said lever, the

pawl being notched to receive the said end,

and the said pawl is provided with a spring '0 98 to normally hold it in position to lock with the pointed end of the carrier-lever 82 when I the two are brought in engagement.

An arm 99 is pivotally connected, prefer The operation of the carrier is as follows:.

When the firing-pin is in position for firing, as shown in Fig. 2, the breech-block having just brought. a loaded shell into the barrel,

the carrier will have been pressed from the upper position shown in Fig. 3 by reason of the breech-block riding over the upper cam edge 83 of the lever 82, and the carrier when.

the lever is in its lower position will have been carried down ward to such an extent as to engage with its lip 90 the concaved flange .25 at the forward endof the bottom plate 22, and the carrier'will be "carried still fart-her downward,- depressing the plate 22 to its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 2, and the pressure of the lip and the carrier on the flange of the bottom plate will be such as 'to overcome the influence of the carrier-spring 88 and open its jaws, whereupon the innermost cartridge in the magazine will be pushed by the magazine-follower upon the carrier, the flanged end of the cartridge resting on the lug or support 95, as is also shown in Fig. 2.

The hammer may now be tripped and will strike against the projection 72 of the actuating-section of the firing-pin, causing the said': section to strike the exploding-section G of 4 the firing-pin and explode the cartridge. The

slide action is now operated, the sleeve 41 being slid rearward, whereupon the left-hand arm 42.0f the ,said sleeve, as heretofore stated, will act upon the lever 79 and cause" said lever to press downward the locking-block H prior-to the said arms acting upon the breechblock to force the said breech-block rearward. As'the breech-block is carried rearward the locking-block continues to descend until it reaches its lowest position in the stirrup K, as-

shown in Fig. 3, being held in this position by the left-hand arm 42 of the slide action. As the arms Hand 42 of the slide action continue their rearward movement, carrying with them the breech-block H, the left-hand arm 42 will engage with the hammer 35 and carry the same to the full-cocked position, and at the time that the breech-block has reached its full rear position the clamping-lever 62 will have struck the topof the stirrup K and will have disconnected the inner or clamping head 65 of the said lever from the flange of the shell of the cartridge drawn from the barrel by theextract-or, and at that momentthe right-hand 'arm 42 of the slide actionwill have been brought to an engagement with a lug 102, (shown particularly in Figs. 4 and 9,) located on the right-hand side of the pawl 97, and the said pawl will be lifted and the spring 100 will then exert its full tension ina downwardly direction onthe rear end of the carrierlever 82, forcing the forward end of the said lever upward, which will carry with it the carrier L and the loaded shell in said carrier, causing the loaded shell in the carrier to'so forcibly strike the empty shell just extracted from the barrel as to throw the said shell from the chamber E. As the carrier ascends when re leased from engagement with the bottom plate 22 thespring 88 of the carrier will act to draw and when the bottom plate 22 has reached its full upward movement at its inner end, as

shown in Fig. 3, the link 94 will exert such downward tension on the lug 87 of the lefthand or lipped jaw of the carrier as to draw this portion of the jaw downward, firmly looking the jaws in their closed position, sincethis downward tension on the forward portion of the carrier will prevent the jaws from being forced outward against the tension of the spring 88 by the inertia of the cartridge carried in the carrier. The parts are now in the'position shown in Fig. 3 and the carrier will be ata slight elevation beyond the lower face of the barrel. action is then carried outward and carrieswith it the breech-block H, containing the exploding-section of the firing-pin. The breech The sleeve 41 of the slide the jaws together to clamp the loaded shell,

block will then push the shell forward,- its extractor will engage the cartridge-rim during this movement, and at just about the time the forward end of theoartridge enters the barrel the breech-block will have engaged with the cam or convexed face 83 of thelever 82 and will force the said lever downward a sufficient distance to relieve the jaws of the carrier from the tension of the link 94. At this time the forward end of the cartridge will be within the barrel, and as the cartridge is further carried forward by the forward movement of the breecl1-block the lever 82, connected with the carrier, will be proportionately depressed and the jaws of the carrier, upon the downward pressure brought upon the said carrier, will be forced outward against the tension of the carrier-spring 88 and will release the cartridge. In the further forward movement of. the breech-block the cartridge will be placed in position in the barrel, the clamping-lever 62, bycontact with the project-ion 6i, as shown in Fig. 7, will hai e its clamping-head forced to a clamping engagement with the upper rim edge of the cartridge, and the loaded cartridge will then be held to the breech-block by the extractor and the clamping-lever. Meanwhile the carrier has been forced downward a sufficient distance to engage with .the front concaved flange 25 of the bottom plate 22 and will carry the said plate downto its lower position, and

the pressure on the carrier, due to the screw 93 engaging with the lower end of the slot i l in the right-hand jaw of the carrier, will cause .7 the jaws to open. be held by the breech-block in its lowermost position, as shown in Fig. 2,.and the shell The carrier-lever will then from the magazine will be received upon the carrier read y for the next rearward movement of the slide action, XVhen the bottom-plate 22 is raised at its free end, the latch 28, employed to hold the cartridges in themagazine, is forced from engagement with the said cartridges by the cam-surface 27 of the plate engaging with the head of the said latch, and the spurs 32 on the forward lower edge of the bottom platewill at once engage with the innermost cartridge, as shown in Fig. 3', preventing that cartridge from moving into the chamber E, but upon the downward movementjof the bottom plate 22 the lugs or spurs will be disengaged from the cart-ridge ing it in place until the next extracting and loading operation is to be accomplished.

The barrel and magazine are spaced and are prevented from turning-by means of a block 110, provided with conoaved upper and lower faces and'attached to the front of the frame between the sockets receiving the barrel and magazine. \Vhen the barrels are'in position, they .fi-t'jsnugly to the curved faces of the block", v v I Having thus described my invention,- I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent I I L 1. In a mag zine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with the chamber in the frame',a breech-block having a firing-pin, a hammer, a carrier arranged to move in the chamber of the frame, to carry the cartridges from themagazine to the barrel, the carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge upon the upward movement of the carrier, a

latch to lock the jaws of the carrier when the same is in its uppermost position, and means to actuate the latch to release the carrier-jaws to permit the cartridge to be pushed into the cartridge-chamber, substantially as set forth. 2. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chambelx-a magazine and a barrel having acartridgechamber adapted for communication with the chamber in the frame,a breech-block having a firing-pin, a hammer, a carrier arranged to move in the chamber of the, frame, to carry the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel, the carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge upon the upward movement of the carrier, a latch tolocl; the jaws of the carrier when the same is in its uppermost position, and means to release the jaws when the carrier is opposite the magazine and also when the carrier is opposite the barrel, substantially as set forth. 3. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and .a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with the chamber inthe frame, a breech-block having a firing-pin, means to move the breech-block, a hammer, a carrier arranged to move inthe chamber of the frame to carry the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel, the carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge upon the upward movement of the carrier, means ,to open the clamping-jaws when the-carrier is opposite the magazine, means to in ove the car rier upward when the breech-block is retracted, whereby the empty shell is ejected,

means to lock the jaws of the carrier against opening when the carrier reaches its uppermost position, and means to release the aws of the carrier when the breech-block is moved toward the barrel, substantially as set forth.

4. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with the chamber in the frame, a breech-block mounted in the frame to move toward and away from the barrel, a

firing-pin, a hammer, a carrier arranged to move in the chamber of the frame to carry the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel, the carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge upon the upward movement of the carrier, means to open the jaws when the carrier is opposite the magazine, means to move the carrier upward when the breechblock is retracted to eject the empty shell, and means to lock the jaws against movement when the carrier reaches its uppermost position, said breech-blockbeing arranged when moved toward the barrehto release the-carrier jaws and permitthe cartridgeto be pushed into the barrel, substantially as set forth.

' 5. vIn a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication withthe chamber in the frame, a breech-block arranged to move in the frame toward or from the barrel, a firingpin, a hammer, a carrier arranged to move in the chamberof the frame to carry the cartridges from the magazine-to the barrel, the

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carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge, means to open the jaws when the -'carrier is opposite the magazine, means to move the carrier upward in the chamber in the frame when the breech-block is retracted, said carrier standing when in its uppermost position above the plane of the cartridgechamber of the barrel, and meanstolock the jaws when the carrier is in its uppermost position, said breech-block being arranged when moved toward the barrel to lower the carrier in alinement with the cartridge-chamber in the barrel, and to release the jaws to permit thecartridge to be pushed from the carrier into the cartridge-chamber, substantially as set forth.

6. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, amagazine and a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with the chamber in the frame, abreech block having a firing-pin, a

hammerg a carrier arranged to move in the chamber. of the frame' to carry the cartridg'ea from the magazine to the barrel, the carrier having clamping-jaws to hold the cartridge upon theinpward' movement of 'ihe carrier,

the jaws; ee-qr; -against.:; opening, snbstan;

tia'lly as set forth I 7. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and abar'rel' havingazcartridge chamber comma-f nicating with the. chamber in. the frame, a,

breech-block having a firingpin,fa hanrme'r,

' aparrier' arranged-tomove in the 'chambe rfin cartridge, meanst'o move the .emi'ef'upvmiat I in the chamber in theframewhenjthebreech connection jwith one ofiithezjaws oftheharri andarranged w permost'position '.I le m a. -a t a eha t n the frame to e'arry thejcartrid'ges from the magazine'to the,barreI-, -and comprising m otally-conrreoted clampingjatvs to -hold the;

block. is gretrated, an'd'a lin is hit ing a loose-- the carrier reachesritsu tdgl'ok h jaws-the. ub'sta, rear 675 a nst pen s e l h v n car mdg c mheri r v a firih pin, hammer, a earrier arranged th" chamber of the frame tqcarry. the? cartrldg from the magazine-to'th'e barrelgithe havingpivotally connectedclampingjawsjej sition, to lock said holdthe cartridge, means to move the'c'a'rriei: upward ii -the vchamber in the frame .-when" thebreech-block is retracted,"a pivoted bolttom plate for the chamberin'the frame, and a link connected'to thebottom plate and arranged to engage one of the jaws of the carrier when the carrier is in its uppermost po- 3aws against opening, sub-v stantially as set forth.)

9. In a-magazine-firearm,th combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine anda barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with the chamber int'he frame, a breech-block having a firing-pin, a

.hammer, a carrier arranged to move in the chamber in the'frame to carry the cartridges .from the magazine to the barrel, a latch to prevent the passage of the cartridges from the magazine to the chamberin the frame, a plate movable on the frame and also adapted to prevent the passage of the cartridges from the magazine to the chamber in the frame, said platelbeing'arranged when actuated to move the latch out of operation, means to move the carrier, and means to actuate said plate when the carrier is moved upward, set forth..-

10. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine and substantially as 'a barrel-having a cartridge-chamber adapted t-r'idges from the magazine to the-barrel, said carrier havingclamping-jaws to engage and,

hold the cartridge when the carrier is moved, and a lug mounted on the frame and project:

.inginto the chamber thereof to support the end of the cartridge whenthe sameis passed from theimagazinefonto thecarrier, substanl-tially as set forth. t

11. In a magazine-firearm, the combination of aframe, a barreha magazine, a breech vblock movable in theframe, a firing-pin, a

hammer to act uate the firing-pin, a lever movable in'the frame, a carrier connected to the levera e movable inthe frame to carry the .cart-ridg gfrom. themagazine to the barrel,

.a 'dog te leverto hold the carrier normally in position oppositethe' magazine,

i, I :9? the cartridge ing positiontopposite the barrehj meansto lift the carrier when released to carry enact; slide'arranged tic-actuate thedog to .dis-' jnagazinefirearm, theeombination ax barr l m e z a r ec ngagethe leve'r;."substantiallyx-as set "roan:

lever' and movable inthe' frameato carry the 'cartridgefromlthe magazine to the barrel, a

' ivotedydogtoflockthe lever to holdthe car?" rmallyinpposition opposite themaga lwr whenfwllas g it positionrdppbs-ite e t the."

arranged to" actua dog-todi'sengag'e the lever,' -substantial ly as .set forth;

3 l3.) Intamagazine firearm, the-c ombinationvfahle in; the framgsafiring-pin, a to actuate thejfiringgpin, a lever mov, a 1 'abl -i l l.; t he fra'me, .a carrier. connected to the e t nt d? for communication with the.'-'-ehanibe in; the

of aframe having a chamber,--a magazine and a barrel having a cartridge-chamber adapted for communication with; the] chamber in the frame, a plate mounted t'o move-in the 01mm her in the frame and arranged when moved to p-revent the'passageof cartridges from the magazine to said chamber, a breech-block having a firing-pin, a hammer to actuate the firing-pin, a carrier movable in the chamber in the frame to carrythe cartridges-from the magazine to the barrel, and .a connection be.-

tween thecarrier and said plate, substantially assetforth. 1'-

14. In a'magazine firearm,thecombination of a frame having a chamber, a magazine'and a barrel havingfa cartridge-chamber adapted for-communicationywith the chamber in the frame, a plate mounted to move in the chamher in the frame and arranged whenmoved to prevent the passage of cartridges from the magazine to said chamber, a breech-block having a firing-pin, a hammer to actuate the firing-pin, a carrier movable in the chamber in theframe tocarry the cartridges from the 1 magazine to the barrel, andcomprising piv otally-connected jaws, and a link connecting the carrier and plate, to actuate the plate from the movement of the carrier-and to lock the jawsagainst opening when the carrier is in its uppermost position, substantially as set forth.

- 15. In a repeating arm, the combinatidn withthe frame, the barrel and the magazine, of a pivoted plate movable to close .the magazine, a carrier vertically movable between the;

magazineandbarrel, a'link connecting the carrier and the plate, and means for operating the carrier,1substantially as described.

r 16. In a repeating arm, the combination with the-frame, the barrel and the magazine, of a pivoted plate-movable to close the maga-- zine, a vertically-movable cartrid-gm-earrier, having two jaws embracingthe cartridge, a

'link connecting the carrierwith the plate 1 zinc, and a link connecting thecfl l' lidge car-i rier andv pivoted. plate, substantially asndef-f 35 .whereby to close the jaws and to swing the plate, and means for operating the carrier,- substantially as described. 17. In a repeating arm, the combination with the'frame, the barrel and the magazine, of a slide movable longitudinally with the bal rel, an arm attached to the slide and running into the frame, a breech-block reciproca'ted by the arm, an actuated lever within the frame and engaged by the breech-block as the same moves toward the barrel, a cartridge-carrier. movable by means of l the lever and carrying the cartridges from the magazine to the barrel, ,a pivotedplate'movable to close the magascribed.

18. .In a repeating fi'ring-arm,the combination with the frame, the barrel and the magazine of a longitudinally-sliding breech-block movable in and out of the 'path of the breech-'- 4?- r the breech-block as the breech-block: moves forward, whereby to depress the cartridgecarrier, a second lever fulcrumed; within the frame and connected with the locking-block,

-a slide moving longitudinally with the barrel and an arm attached to the slide and reciprocatin g the breech-block, the arm also engag in gthe said second lever whereby to actuate the locking-block, substantially as described.

19. In a repeating firearm,- the combination with the frame, the barrel and the, magazine,

of a slide running longitudinally with the barrel, anarm attached to th'eslide and projecting into the frame, a breech-blockconn'ected with the arm and longitudinally reciprocated thereby, a locking-block movable in and out of the path of the breech-block, a lever connected to the locking-block and ac-l 'tuatedby thearm' of the slide, a hammer cooked by the arm of the slide, an exploding firing-pin section carried in the breech-block,

an actuating firing-pin section carried in the j locking-block, a cartridge-carrier movable between the magazine and the barrel, an'actua'ted lever connected with the cartridge-carmove the cartridge-carrier to the magazine, a pivoted plate movable to close the magazine,- and a link connecting the carrier and pivoted plate, substantially as described l 20. In a firearm, a hammer with anofiset. arm,a'sliding armengagin-gthe ofiset armm, licoclgthe hammer, a longitudinallysliding] breech-block moved by the sliding arm, a sliding locking-block movable in and out of the path of the breech-block, a spring-pressed controlling-arm engaging the locking-block, an actuating firing-pin-section carried in the locking-block and having a transverse extension running into the path of the hammer and an exploding firingfpi-n section carried in the breech-block, substantially as described.

GARDNER 'P.-HASTINGS. Witnesses: I 1

- J. W. Jonas,

; WJT, PRIGMORE.

.rier and engaged by the breech-block when the breech-block moves forwardly whereby t0 

